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Welcome looks to do extensive road work

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WELCOME — The Welcome City Council met on Tuesday evening and one of the items on the agenda was a public hearing about the Street Improvement Project for 2025, presented by Travis Winter, an engineer from Bolton and Menk. This was the first of two hearings about the project. There were ...

Cribbage tournament this weekend

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WELCOME — Today there will be a Red Cross Blood drive from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the American Legion in Fairmont. Call 800-RED-CROSS (800-733-2767), go online to www.redcrossblood.org, or text ‘BLOODAPP’ to 90999 to make an appointment or to locate a blood drive near you. Give the gift of ...

Courts

Courts

MARTIN COUNTY DISTRICT COURT Speeding — Gregory B. Graif, 68, of Sherburn; fined $125. Sayer D. Larsen, 26, of Truman was convicted of driving while impaired-alcohol concentration 0.08 within two hours; fined $810, sentenced to jail 364 days, stay 364 days for two years, supervised ...

Police

Police

FAIRMONT Wednesday, December 18 7:13 a.m. to 3:55 p.m. — (5) animal complaints/bites were reported. 9:08 a.m. — Theft (includes attempt) was reported in the 100 block of Interlaken Road. 9:24 a.m. — An ordinance violation was reported in the 400 block of North Grant Street. A ...

FEDA boasts successful year

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FAIRMONT— The Fairmont Economic Development Authority (FEDA) has wrapped up a successful year of working toward bringing new businesses, development and residents to the community. Fairmont’s Economic Development Coordinator, Ned Koppen, highlighted some of work that was done over the last ...

Faribault County sets levy at 4.5 % hike

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BLUE EARTH— The Faribault County Board of Commissioners held their final meeting of the year on Tuesday. The final item of business was passing the budget and tax levy for 2025 at the Truth in Taxation meeting. A resolution calling for a total net levy of $15,901,136 was passed on a 4-1 ...